FISH 426 — Fisheries Governance and Institutional Framework
Marine and Fisheries Sciences · University of Ghana
Complexities of fisheries management Integrated fisheries management, ecosystem and precautionary approach to fisheries. Definition of ‗governance‘. Need for fisheries governance & institutional framework. Role of coastal states enshrined in UNCLOS (1982). Fisheries institutional implications of role enshrined in e.g. FAO CCRF, FAO Committee on Fishing (COFI), UN Fish Stocks Agreement. The EEZ. International, national, and local policy, legal and institutional framework. International instruments. Other important international organisations in fisheries governance. Regional fisheries bodies and international organizations. National governance of fisheries – formal and traditional. Fisheries Law of Ghana. Essential institutional features for effective fisheries management. Rights based fisheries. Small scale fisheries. Science in fisheries governance. Corruption and other constraints to effective fisheries governance. Structural change and adjustment in the fisheries sector to improve fisheries governance. Multi-stakeholder processes in governance for responsible fisheries. Case studies in self-governance in the fisheries sector.
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- FISH 414 — Fish Processing and Utilization
- FISH 417 — Fisheries Data Management
- FISH 418 — Current Research in Fisheries Acquaintance with current research in
- FISH 421 — Fisheries and Higher Vertebrate Interactions
- FISH 424 — Fish Trade and Marketing
- FISH 425 — Fish Stock Assessment
- FISH 429 — Fisheries Economics
- MASC 402 — Marine Pollution
- MASC 411 — Marine Plankton Ecology
- MASC 412 — Marine Ecology
- MASC 413 — Marine Benthic Ecology
- MASC 414 — Population Genetics of Marine Organisms
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).